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The Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council adopted its September 2026 forecast, adding $22 million to the current budget but leaving a projected deficit for fiscal year 2028.
NAVFAC Northwest has awarded a $9.5 million contract for Project 788 at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, constructing dual temporary parking facilities, pedestrian corridors, and Turtle Road upgrades to sustain Trident submarine maintenance.
An unseasonably early fall windstorm battered Western Washington with 45 mph gusts on Friday, cutting power to more than 60,000 customers, closing highway lanes, and devastating Puget Sound Energy circuits in Thurston County.
As Kitsap County confronts a $9.4 million structural budget deficit, Sheriff candidates Brandon Myers and Rick Kuss clash over license plate readers, reviving WestNET, and state qualification laws.
Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove adjusted his order protecting older state forests from 77,000 to 55,000 acres, calling the initial target a false start amid timber revenue deficits.
A federal audit from the Government Accountability Office reveals the Navy's shipyard modernization will cost over $200 billion through the 2070s, citing Cascadia seismic retrofits at Bremerton's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
State officials dedicated the rehabilitated Joel Pritchard Building on the Olympia Capitol campus on Thursday, completing a $131 million modernization project that restores the 1958 Paul Thiry landmark to active legislative service.
Port Orchard Police Department issued a formal statement clarifying strict compliance with Washington's Keep Washington Working Act after an unannounced daylight ICE worksite arrest near McCormick Village.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom authorizes linking California and Washington carbon markets as Washington Ecology adopts final administrative rules, paving the way for joint 2027 emissions auctions.
Kitsap County concludes three days of 2027 budget hearings confronting a $9.4M General Fund structural deficit, weighing a 0.1% public safety sales tax against 60 staff cuts.
A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed with prejudice the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking unredacted voter registration files for 4.8 million Washington residents.
Bremerton opens public review on $325,900 in 2027 CDBG recommendations, funding sewer fixes across four parks, Dibb Street ADA curb ramps, and local business training.
Governor Bob Ferguson and DCYF announced 42 new preschool sites adding 2,400 slots across Washington under a public-private partnership with the Ballmer Group.
A Kitsap County Superior Court jury in Port Orchard has awarded $30.18 million to former deputy Matthew Murphy after a training rifle entanglement led to leg amputation.
PeaceHealth will eliminate 150 IT jobs across Vancouver, Bellingham, and Sedro-Woolley on November 20 as it outsources tech operations to Tech Mahindra subsidiary The HCI Group.
Washington State Ferries launched its fall 2026 sailing schedule on Sunday, but the planned two-boat Seattle-Bremerton service dropped to single-boat operations after the MV Kaleetan tied up early, causing multi-sailing vehicle delays and terminal backups.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joins a 22-state coalition in Manhattan federal court to halt a new DHS public charge rule penalizing immigrant families for accessing Medicaid, food assistance, and housing.
Kitsap County commissioners convene three days of budget review hearings facing a $9 million General Fund deficit, weighing a public safety sales tax against 45 to 60 staff layoffs.
A federal judge in Virginia granted a preliminary injunction co-led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, halting federal seizure of 17 million commercial driver license records and protecting $10 million in safety funding.
Naval Base Kitsap officially opened its newly constructed Child Development Center at Bangor, nearly doubling childcare capacity with 16 classrooms across a three-phase rollout.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Initiative 2066 is unconstitutional in its entirety, finding that the voter-approved natural gas measure bundled four distinct subjects in violation of Article II, Section 19.
St. Michael Medical Center is funding an advanced registered nurse practitioner across three Kitsap Fire CARES teams to provide in-home and mobile clinical care, diverting non-emergent 911 calls.
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved Council Bill 121278, amending the municipal civil rights code to prohibit discrimination based on consensual non-monogamy, pansexuality, and asexuality.
